When the kids were growing up, I think they thought the worst thing about me being a mom is that I would laugh at them. They would say something that they thought was serious and intense and I would laugh. I thought it was funny, but they don't want to be laughed at.

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.